2008-02-06

Introducing the Garmin nuvifone (Movies)

Garmin's touch screen GPS phone is an intriguing prospect as its being marketed as a'travel assistant'. In our previous post on Garmin nuvifone - A Phone for Neogeographers? we speculated that the ability to geo-tag information live from the phone could make this a 'must have' gadget and make us hold off that iPhone purchase for a while longer.

Garmin have released two videos on YouTube that provide a closer look at the phones features. The second of the two is well worth a look as it provides an overview of the location aware applications:

Meet the nuvifone:

Scenarios:

The movies are almost cringe worthy 'marketing' fodder but the phone does seem to deliver...